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I have serious doubts about near death experiences. Even Paul said he could not speak about what he saw when the Lord took him to heaven.

I saw an interview with the little boy whom the book is about and in it he was asked what does Jesus look like. He said He had blue eyes. That was enough for me.

 

John,
I resapect Hank and love v6the work he deoes but I must disagree with him on thisw matter. I have not read his review but I have read this work and I found great encouragement from it. I found it to be a great instrument to demonstrate the truth of the statement taught in the scriptures about the lack of time in Heaven. This youngster did things in three minutes in Heaven that would take no less than several hours here on earth.

 

I read the book and it was a good read. There were some things that happened that had to have been supernatural, like the boy knowing his dad was praying, even though the dad was alone and the boy was not conscious. It was also remarkable that the child's memory of Jesus was exactly the same as that of another little girl who had a near-death or some such experience. He also claimed he saw a grandfather who had died before his birth, and confirmed it when shown an old pic he had never seen before. So yes, I do believe the little boy saw something and did indeed experience something supernatural.

That said, the Bible is God's final authority and it trumps "experience." So, if something conflicts with God's word, it is in error. I wondered about him saying that Christ's eyes were blue, as the apostle John described them as a "flame of fire."

 

If we are the servants, bond-servants of Jesus, we will judge these folks by their fruits (Matt. 7:1-27) and if a thing is not from our LORD will strike it down.

This book and the second version for youth and children could have been printed in the hardback, exclusively, and generated a great deal more revenue. Personally, I'll choose not to condemn but to wait to see what Jesus does and then follow Him.

 

The fact that this book received four and a half stars in Amazon just shows our current lack of discernment in today's Christendom. Not having read the book - it would be hard to get where I am - I read enough from the reviews to pick up a bunch of red flags. There are factual mistakes in this boys purported vision - or, perhaps, real vision of a purported Jesus.

He sees His scar in His palms, not wrists. This was contrary to standard practice and would not be possible. Hanging from the palms would not support the body weight. The bones are too insubstantial.

Also, Jesus did not have bright blue eyes.

There are several others, but there is no need to go on. Moreover this is not the witnessing tool that some Christians think it is. Id people do not believe the gospel when presented they will not believe someone's story about the other life. Christ Himself told us this.

This is just the newest trendy end-run around the old, old Story, the gospel. It smacks of phoniness and chicanery. Not the boy's, I don't think. But I do believe he was probably coached and his vision optimized for public consumption (= book sales). Yes, that is being judgmental. Actually, it is just being as wise as serpents.

 

Ever seen blue flames? :smilewinkgrin:

 

Perhaps the nails through his feet would offer some support to push Himself to take much of the weight away from the hands. He wasn't dangling by His hands.

 

Here are Christ's words on the matter concerning convincing men of heaven and hell:

They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
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It is a sad day when professed christians would entertain that this kind of thing should be given a second look. it is an attack on the sufficency of scripture,and a denial of the word.